Two F45s, a U25C, and an SD45 lead a BN freight into Pig's Eye yard in the midst of Milwaukee Road activity.

Conrail GG1s #4828 and #4867 emerge from under the flyover at Lane Tower with a southbound freight.

My father and I took a trip to Brown Yard to get one of two remaining EP-5s in operation for Conrail. We found EP-5 #4973 all right, but seeing both pantographs down was not a good sign. #4973 h... (more)

Early Conrail action at Waverly 5 Tower. Two former PC/PRR GP9s still in full PC paint lead a former PC/NYC U25B in fresh blue paint. This was a busy place in the early days of Conrail with seve... (more)

Conrail Blue E-44 #4423 leads E-44 #4430 and EMD GM10B #4976 on a freight entering the Northeast Corridor at Lane Tower. In the background, an Amtrak train can be seen that has just passed over t... (more)

The Pennsy built flyovers in several places to enable freights to cross into the center tracks of the Northeast Corridor without blocking the outside tracks. One such place is Lane tower, where t... (more)

Two PC EP-5s made it to Conrail, but they lasted less than a year in operation. My father and I took a trip to Brown yard to photograph #4973, but unfortunately it had failed on this day, and GP-... (more)

Despite the relatively short period of electric operations on Conrail, some E-33 and E-44 (and one GG1) were repainted blue. Here, blue E-33 4605 leads black E-33 4607 on an eastbound piggyback t... (more)

CNW 217 leads a train on the former Minneapolis and Saint Louis near Waseca, Minnesota. #217 was originally CGW #116A, one of two FP7s owned by the CGW. It is still in existence today in Oelwein... (more)

Maryland Department of Transportation had 5 former B&O F7s rebuilt into "F9PHAs" for commuter service in the early 1980s. Here MDOT #7185, formerly B&O #947, leads an AM commuter train to Washing... (more)

Conrail E44 #4411 leads two of its brethren past the station in Edison with loaded autoracks.

In 1983, looking for cheap power, NJ Transit acquired some CNW F7s. Unfortunately, these locomotives were more suited for the relatively flat Chicago suburbs and struggled on the hilly New Jersey... (more)

A GP9/F7B/GP9 set receives maintenance in the engine terminal as an eastbound led by GP18 1753 prepares to depart Mechanicville Yard. 1748 was one of 50 GP9s built for the B&M, but 1753 was one o... (more)

Rock Island Bicentennial E8 #652 hits the diamond at Joliet, Illinois with the Rocket. #652 is still around today preserved in its original paint scheme, but, sadly, the Rocket was discontinued o... (more)